Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered
A Safe Way for Man
Before attempting to judge, criticize, or correct others, what should we first do? BR-ASI9 452.1
“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye: and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.” Matthew 7:3-5. BR-ASI9 452.2
What did Christ say He did not come to do? BR-ASI9 452.3
“If any man hear My words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.” “For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.” John 12:47; 3:17. BR-ASI9 452.4
How, by whom, and in what spirit should those having committed faults be dealt with? BR-ASI9 452.5
“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” Galatians 6:1. BR-ASI9 452.6
What exhortation, therefore, does the apostle give? BR-ASI9 452.7
“Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.” Romans 14:13. BR-ASI9 452.8